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Jeanh
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Kitkat Cake
CAKE INGREDIENTS:
DECORATIONS:
*** Just be creative on how you want to decorate it.
*** Double the cake ingredients if you want to make a 2 layer cake.
*** If you are making a 2 layer cake, make sure to get the King size Kit Kat chocolates to cover the height of the cake.
HOW TO PREPARE CHOCOLATE CAKE:
CHOCOLATE FROSTING:
KITKAT CAKE:
CAKE INGREDIENTS:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup+6 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 6 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
- 2/3 cup Cocoa
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla
DECORATIONS:
- 40-45 Kit Kat chocolate sticks (broke mine by 2 sticks)
- Ribbon to wrap around the kitkat cake
- M&M's or fondant flowers, marshmallows, etc.
*** Just be creative on how you want to decorate it.
*** Double the cake ingredients if you want to make a 2 layer cake.
*** If you are making a 2 layer cake, make sure to get the King size Kit Kat chocolates to cover the height of the cake.
HOW TO PREPARE CHOCOLATE CAKE:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans or one 13x9 baking pan or two square pans.
- Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
- Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes.
- Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin).
- Pour batter into prepared pans.
- Bake 30-35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.
CHOCOLATE FROSTING:
- Melt butter.
- Stir in cocoa.
- Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency.
- Add small amount additional milk, if needed.
- Stir in vanilla.
KITKAT CAKE:
- Spread the cake with chocolate frosting.
- Place the Kit Kat sticks around the cake.
- Place your desired toppings on the cake.
- I prepared this one by placing mini marshmallows and decorated it with fondant flowers.
- (This is our wedding anniversary cake so I decorated it with some hearts and fondant cut-outs.)
- Place a ribbon around the cake to hold the Kit Kat pieces.
- Enjoy!